Filemon Vela: “I and the produce industry strongly support the Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019.”

It is our job on this Committee to ensure that these programs are structured and implemented in a way that can quickly, efficiently, and most directly serve the farmers, ranchers and small towns who need them right now.

Second, I believe we must take bold action to supercharge the adoption and production of electric vehicles (EVs) in America.

Most of us on this Subcommittee represent pretty large swaths of land, and I can't go to any farmer in the 270 mile stretch of south Texas that I represent without hearing about how difficult it is for farmers to get loans and financing…

The stakes have never been higher than they are right now.